File guide



Aug, 3o, 1932. H, FORSYTH 1,874,956

FILE GUIDE Filed Jan. 19, 1932 h/a l Patented Aug. 30, 1932 nNITED STATES i "HARRY FORSYTI-I, OF PROSSER, WASll'zUNGr'JQIii'jVv rrLE j Guilin;

i .Application led.l January `19,V 1932. 'SerialijNd 587,584.

be secured within the cabinet drawer at any desired point, the device including an index tab which can be adjusted laterally ofthe drawer at any desired point on the partition. A f

Another object of thisinvention is t pro- 18 vide a device of this kind which canfbe readf ily applied to any ling cabinet drawer Vhaving a centrally disposed guideway which includes means for locking the device at any d and a pair of depending plates and 21 `are formed with the'card-receiving member 18,

desired point within thedrawer. 20 The above and various other` objects and advantages of this invention will 1n part be described in and in part be understood from4 the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein Y Figure 1 is a detail front elevation of a device constructed according to the preferred embodiment ofthis invention, mounted in a conventional ling cabinet drawer which is shown inl section;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragment-ary detail perspective view of the lower portion of the device; j Figure l is a fragmentary front elevation of a modified form of this device;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken `on the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designatey Vcorresponding parts throughoutv the several views, the numeral 10 designates generally a filingV cabinet drawer having kvertically disposed.

sides 13 and a bottom 11, the bottom 11 being provided with a 'longitudinally extending guideway 12, the upper portion of which has opposed complementary fianges 14.

This construction of the bottom 11 is conventional construction for ling cabinet drawer-sand the guideway 12 is convention-A ally provided for the usual adjustable wall ,mountedwithin 'the drawer 10. i

A plate or partition member,j generally designated las 15, is mounted j within the drawer 10 betweenl the side wallsflffor movement longitudinally;v of the lbottom 11 'V and is provided adjacent theupper end thereof with a' bead 16 extending in'parallel relation to the top of the plate 10.` rThis bead 16 provides a guidevor track whichv is engaged by 1an index tab, generally `desig` nated as 17 ,j andv which is lslidable laterally Y) ofthe drawer 10 to any desired, point lon-` gitudinally of the guide track' or bead 169;v This tab 17 comprises an upper card-receiving portion 18 having a window or opening 19 through'which thevcardortab may be viewed t the plate 20,7being the bodyplate and rela-v tively wider thanthe plate 21. VThis plate`20 has a detent `22 engaging inthe concave portion of the vguide track 16 and the plate 21 has a detent23 engaging the convex portionof the guide track 16. These plates 2O and 21 'constitute clamping or securingmeans by which .the tabreceiving memberV 18"* Inay lbe Vsecuredto the plate 15 "at any desired`- point along the guide track or be'adg16. The plate 15 is provided at the bottom thereof with anV extension 24" which is in substantially the center ofthe plate and extends downwardly between the complementary flanges 14`of5the guide track 12 of the bottom 11.` v An angularly related plate 25 is formed with this lextension 24 and extendsy laterally of the [guide member 12 and is provided at` each end thereof with anfupturne'd extension lug 26 which is disposedwithin the guide track 12 and the upper end ,of eachQlug for extension 26 slidably engages" the ,lower surface of one of the complementary ilangfeslfl.

lnthis manner, the plate 15 is slidably mount-A ed in the guide member 12sothat-it, canbe adjusted at. any point longitudinally of this guide 12 within .the drawer 1Q; 'j l @In order to provide means wherebytthe plate 15 may be releasably lockedor secured in adjusted position in the guideV 15,v I have Vprovided a pair of screws or bolts 27 whichy are threadablyY mounted in the plate'or slideA y acting to force the lugs 26 into engagement with the lower surface of the complementary "i modiiied form or tom 11.

'a dividingplate orvrmembe'r 15.

flange 1li so as to rictionally hold the plate 15 against Vmovement relative to the bot- In Figures 4: `and 5,'ithere is disclosed a slide member is secured to an extension 2li carried by an arcuateplate 28 which* is securedby meansot rivets 29 or the liketo A reinforcing plate 3).is disposed on theopposite side ofthe divider 15 and is held against the divider: 15 by meansor" the rivetsor securing members 29. Y ,Y

In Figures 1, 2 and 3, the dividing member 15 is constructed of metal such as steelorthe like Yhavingv inherent resiliency whereas in Figures 4 and 5 the dividing memberl may beV constructed ot cardboard, Celluloid or other material which is not very strong and .it is, therefore, necessary'to providethe reinforcing members 28 and 30 so that the slide rconstruction tothe guide 1,2.y f

member 25mav, be attached thereto. This slidemember 25 is provided with the lockfing-:bolts or members 27 which operate to l secure the upturnedlanges or lugs 26, within Y this invention wherein the Y.

What is claimed is A y 1. A file guide as described comprising a plate member, an offset supporting member secured to the lower end of said plate, said supporting member having upturned opposite end portions,y and means carried by the supporting member for releasably securing the member in adjustedposition in a T-shaped guide channel. i

2. A` file guide as described comprising a plate, an offset supporting member secured the supporting member intermediate the upvto the lower end of the plate, said supporting turnedend portions for'engagementwith the bottom of a filev drawer channel whereby tol.

tighten Ythe upturned channel.' A ile guideras described 'comprising a plate, a supporting member formed with the end portions against the plate and oiiset therefroimvupturned end n portions formed'with theA supportingniem-A ber, threaded securing members extending through the supporting member,` a bead .formed transversely of thepplate adjacent the upper end thereof, and anindex tab supporting memberengaging said plate in adjusted position along said bead. i t In testimony whereof I signature.

, HARRY FORSYTI-I.

the guide 12j', which guide 12 is similar. in l i n Wiu Yte noted, from the. foregoing, that Y the slide member 25 may be constructed of metal and may be secured to any desired dividing or partition membereither metal 'or compositionsuehas Celluloid, .cardboard or i the likeii- Y f a VInvthe'use of this device, the dividing member 15 may be mounted withinthe drawer 10 by sliding' the slide member into the guide 12 andV when tliev'plate or divider 15 ispositioned at the desired,point-within-the drawerlO, it may be secured thereto by turning down the boltsfor` securing members 27 which will pre- .Ventwfurther movement of the partition 15 within the drawer 10. t

It Vwill be obvious that any desirednumber of' these partitionmembers 15 may be placed the drawer v10 and that they may be placed in any desired-spaced relation one to another,

the partitions V:15j being disposed in either :V

iabovej'specically described embodinrient of vthis invention without departing'from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being'restricted' only by the scopefof the fol- 'Y Alaw-img trams;

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